Boca Ciega Bay Apartment

Quiet and relaxing on the bay!

The owner provided a clean, quiet, safe apartment for our stay. Fully equipped kitchen with a beautiful table to dine at. The back patio was large and comfortable. A grill was provided for bbq. Laura was pleasant to talk to. We enjoyed our time here and will most definitely visit again, in the future.

Beautiful location. water view, on ground level. Peaceful and well located. Everything was as pictured. There was lots to do nearby. The price was reasonable, and the host is accommodating.

I had to buy a few basic items that are normally provided: scrubber, coffee filters, soap, Kleenex.Nominal, but still.

Restaurant close by. View on the bay beautiful.

The bed was two feet away from bathroom. Awkward during the night. Bed should be better centred in room. Tv's too small. Lazyboys should be in the main room and rockers in the first room. Curtains at the front don't close. They didn't leave me a broom and dustpan to sweet floor. The owner next door did maintenance in our back yard when we are out. Just felt awkward while they were there.

It offered a great view of the marina. There were three restaurants close by to eat that I could easily walk to.

She text me two hours before I was to arrive to text my drivers license and to agree to her long list of rules which I had no way of seeing. She expected it to be done before I checked in. This should had been done earlier in the day or the day before. If I would had been driving to the location, I couldn't have responded. She only responded to my text if she wanted to. I let her know what time I was leaving on day of check out and got no response. I should have gotten a response out of common courtesy. The keys were in the unit when I arrived, she text me that she would meet me when I got there to help. I never saw her. I was travelling by myself and really would have appreciated the help with my luggage. I was appalled at the three and a half pages (typed single spaced) of rules and being told not to be a nuisance during 'quiet time' which was from 10 pm until 8 am. So if you make any noise this place is not for you. There is an upstairs unit that you have to listen to people walking across the floor. I felt on edge with the lengthy rules and not totally comfortable. Also, if you leave the lights on when you are out of the unit she wants to charge you $100, if you leave the sliding patio door open she wants to charge you $100 for each occurence. $15 if a towel is missing regardless of size, if I can afford to stay here I can buy my own towels! I don't need to take any. Totally absurd. There was a one inch hole in the bottom sheet along with many small holes. It was really raggedy. To go to the beach you have to cross Gulf Blvd which is busy and walk down a side street. It isn't as close as I thought it would be. Personally, the decorations weren't what you would expect when you are at the beach. It had tuscany style decor with heavy furniture and dining chair with seats that were dirty and uncomfortable.

the location was awesome close to all amenities

didn’t supply shampoo, conditioner and bars of soap like hotels do but we bought some

we loved the location with the view of the bay.

the recliners didn’t recline, but that was not a big deal

Location was great, surrounding amenities awesome.

Unit is old and dated. back patio needs yard work and updates. Front yard trees famililar to little shops of horror, I guess because i have allergies not pleasant. front of unit faces busy street and no way to have privacy, curtains are see through. Again ref my allergies, mildew around ac vents caused periodic coughing. guest above noisy with heavy walking and moving things. Stained chairs, and bedroom curtains need clip to mclose for privacy. Basically looks like added inlaw quarters attatched to home.